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Table of contents for American building : the environmental forces that shape it / James Marston Fitch with William Bobenhausen.

Foreword by Richard Blinder vii
Preface ix
1 Experiential Bases for Esthetic Decisions 3
2 The Social Consequences of Architectural Intervention 24
3 Fair and Warmer 37
Control of the Thermal Environment
4 Pure as the Air You Breathe 68
Control of the Atmospheric Environment
5 "Oh, Say, Can You See. . ." 102
Control of the Luminous Environment
6 Silence -Men At Work 147
Control of the Sonic Environment
7 The Architectural Manipulation of Space, Time, and Gravity 182
8 Skeleton and Skin 221
The Morphological Development of Structural Systems
9 The Integration of Environmental Control Systems 257
10 Plan: The Instrument of Policy 299
11 Toward Sustainability 329
12 Prospects for the Democratic Esthetic 349
Notes 361
Credits for Illustrations 373
Index 379